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DESSERTSPOON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dessertspoon mean?
• DESSERTSPOON (noun)
The noun DESSERTSPOON has 1 sense:
1. as much as a dessert spoon will hold
Familiarity information: DESSERTSPOON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
As much as a dessert spoon will hold
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
dessertspoon; dessertspoonful
Hypernyms ("dessertspoon" is a kind of...):
containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)
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